New Delhi: Expressing displeasure over the continued detention of surrendered ‘students’ of Lal Masjid's madrassas, the Pakistan Supreme Court has ordered the release of all those who were not formally charged.
The two-judge bench ordered on Monday that the verification of all detainees be completed and the court informed of the details of the charges against them over the next two days.
Earlier, Inspector General of Police, Islamabad, Chaudhry Mohammad Iftikhar informed the court that out of 243 detained inmates of Lal Masjid-Jamia Hafsa madrassa complex, which was stormed by the Pakistani Army.
Meanwhile, Pakistani police have detained 39 people in connection with the recent unsuccessful attempt on President Pervez Musharraf's life and transferred them to an undisclosed location, according to PTI sources.
The detention came after investigators, probing the attack on Musharraf's aircraft as it took off from a military airbase in Rawalpindi on July 6, traced the suspected attackers' telephone calls to these 39 people, the Daily Times reported, quoting the sources as saying.
Most of the detainees belonged to the North West Frontier Province, they said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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